by A. G. Wilde
Athena raised herself into a sitting position, as her gaze raked over him. The wounds on his body were still pink but apart from that he looked perfect.
Big, wild, and perfect.
As she ran her tongue over her bottom lip, she saw Xul swallow hard and his package twitched again underneath his loincloth.
“Let me see,” Athena whispered.
Xul’s eyes widened slightly, watching her as she crawled forward. But he didn’t stop her when she grasped the loincloth and pulled it away.
When she gasped and looked up at him, concern was in his eyes as he searched her face.
Athena took him into her hands, her mouth falling open slightly.
“Good God,” she breathed.
Nestled between his thick leg muscles, was the biggest, thickest cock she had ever seen in her life.
He was massive. She reckoned he was no less than eleven inches with impressive girth to go along with it.
Xul was still watching her strangely as she ran her hand along the length of him.
“Wow,” she breathed.
There was no way he was going to fit inside her but to say she wasn’t attracted to what she was seeing like a magnet, she’d be lying to herself.
There was a network of veins along his cock, forming deep ridges that made her pussy twitch just looking at them. She could just imagine how good they felt.
His mushroom tip was wider than any she’d ever seen, the skin on it soft and thick.
It called to her and Athena leaned forward tentatively to run her tongue over it.
She heard Xul’s breath catch in his throat but he didn’t stop her. As she covered the tip with her mouth, it pushed past her lips and she ran her tongue around it.
Moisture from his tip fell on her tongue as she sucked on him and Athena moaned as the taste filled her mouth.
It was not like any precum she’d ever tasted before.
It wasn’t salty.
Instead, it tasted like citrus.
It only made her suck on him harder and she felt his body tense as a low moan rumbled through him.
Pushing him as far as she could down her throat, she stopped just before gagging, her eyes widening when she realized how much of him was still in her hands.
As she pumped the length of him, Xul clasped her head between his hands, his eyes burning green as he watched her mouth move over him.
“Damn,” Athena breathed as she slid him out of her mouth. He jerked in her hand as she stared at him, enthralled by the sheer size of it.
“Just how...” She breathed.
“Just how what?” Xul’s voice was hoarse and he inhaled sharply as she ran a finger from his tip right down his shaft.
“How does this fit into the women of your kind?”
Xul paused, his expression changing to slight amusement.
“I’ll show you,” he growled as he pushed her back against the zehmip coat.
Their eyes locked as he climbed over her, his gaze never leaving hers as he settled between her legs.
Bending his head, Xul nuzzled his face into her neck and his hands went down beneath her and settled underneath her hips.
As he grasped her ass in his palms, he bit her neck lightly.
“Relax for me,” he whispered, and Athena nodded. But her heart was hammering in her chest almost to the beat of the pulsing going on between her legs.
She wasn’t tense because this was something she was unsure of. She was tense because she wanted it so bad.
God, she wanted to feel him.
She wanted to feel him now.
When his mushroom tip hit her entrance, Athena bit her bottom lip and swallowed hard.
“So small,” Xul whispered, as he pushed against her entrance. As his mushroom popped in, his low growl vibrated against her.
“So tight.”
Athena gripped his shoulders, as she swiveled her hips slightly, allowing herself to get accustomed to his width.
“Fuck,” she whispered. Her pussy was throbbing with pleasure and this wasn’t even the length of him. “Fuck,” she breathed again.
Xul lifted his head slightly over hers, staring deeply into her eyes as he pulled her hips toward him, sliding deeper into her folds.
“Xul,” Athena breathed, her arms wrapping around his neck.
As he began to pump slowly, his intense gaze was on her, watching her every movement, her every reaction, and Athena opened to him, letting him take her.
It felt like he was splitting her in two. It was a feeling like none ever before—that undeniable feeling of being completely and utterly filled. She was stretched to the limit and she clenched around him, hanging on to him and he slid into her warm wetness.
The feeling was building within her slowly and again she felt as if it was only him and her in the entire universe.
This wasn’t just fucking.
It wasn’t mindless sex.
There was more to this.
Much more.
As Xul’s lips crashed into hers, another orgasm rocked through her, making her tremble against him, her body shaking uncontrollably as he held her close.
He quickened his thrusts then, her orgasm making her even wetter, and soon he was groaning against her mouth.
“Xul,” she murmured and with a growl he stiffened, biting down softly on her bottom lip and his cock jerked within her.
She could feel the thick streams of his release shooting deep within her, making her tingle with delight.
When the pulses finally left his body, Xul eased up over her, his gaze searching her face.
“Did I hurt you?”
Athena chuckled, dropping her head back against the zehmip skins.
“No. The opposite.”
He seemed to like that answer as he rolled to the side, pulling her along with him.
She was very aware that he was still buried deep within her but it only made everything more intimate.
As he settled her against him, Xul snuggled his face in her hair.
“You smell nice,” he murmured.
Athena smiled.
There was a new feeling fluttering in her chest and she wasn’t quite sure what it was.
All she knew was that it felt good.
And she wanted to feel it again and again and again.
22
When she woke, she was still nestled against Xul.
Something smelling like food wafted into her nostrils and she turned slightly, her eyes adjusting to the dim light.
All around them were little alien men standing with what looked like trays upon trays of food.
Their little beady eyes were focused on either her or Xul, she wasn’t quite sure. They had no irises, it seemed. It was difficult to tell where they were looking when they weren’t turning their heads.
“Um, Xul,” she nudged the body of the hulk beside her but soon realized he was already awake.
He said something to them in their language and soon the little men were placing the trays down before shuffling out of the room.
“You can understand them?”
Xul seemed to smile. He still had his hand draped around her and her cheeks grew warm when she felt his meat resting against her leg.
“Yes, I speak Mukkish,” he said.
“My translator thing doesn’t pick up anything they say,” Athena touched behind her ear where the Isclit had administered the shot.
Closing her eyes, she took a few breaths. It was hard to concentrate when she could feel the weight of his dick against her leg.
Just hours before, that weight had been pumping deep inside her.
“No. The Isclit translator wouldn’t have most of the lesser-known tongues in its database. Muk is a planet that is considered...futile.” His eyes were moving slowly over her face as he studied her and Athena felt herself blushing again as his cock jerked against her leg.
Clearing her throat, she gestured to the surrounding trays.
“What’s this?”
“Supper. You must eat.” He
released her somewhat reluctantly and stretched for one of the trays, setting it down in front of her.
It looked like roasted chicken dipped in deep gravy but she was sure it was anything but that. Her stomach growled in protest as if it didn’t care.
Glancing at her naked belly, Xul frowned.
“Have that by yourself,” he said, his gaze rising to fall on her nipples.
Athena flushed again.
Goddammit. She wasn’t going to survive much longer blushing like some kind of schoolgirl.
Grabbing one of the zehmip skins, she wrapped the coat around herself, noting Xul’s amused expression.
“Why do you cover? I have been to your most secret place.”
Athena gave him a look but she couldn’t stop the smile that spread across her lips.
For the first time since this whole ordeal began, she felt...good.
Breaking a piece of the meat off the tray, she popped it into her mouth and chewed.
A burst of flavor spread over her tongue.
“Mmm. What is this?” She tore off another piece and popped it into her mouth.
Xul frowned as he looked at the tray. “Sand frog, I assume.”
Athena spat the thing out so quickly, it shot across the room to Xul’s surprise.
Wiping her mouth, she eyed the tray and pushed it away.
“What’s that one?” She pointed at another tray with meat on it.
“Arbiran lizard,” Xul said, watching her, amused.
Athena frowned. “And that one?” She pointed at another.
“Sand cat,” Xul said.
“I’ll have that one then,” Athena said, stretching for the tray. Maybe it was because she was starving but the meat tasted damn good. It beat eating zehmip flesh any day.
“You do not eat frogs on your planet?” Xul asked as he bit into whatever was on his tray. She dared not ask what it was.
“Some people do,” Athena answered.
“Tell me about your planet.”
Their gazes locked and Athena frowned.
“What do you want to know? You didn’t seem so interested in me before.”
There was a pause, then he finally said. “I’m curious...about you.”
There seemed to be more behind what he said but Athena decided not to ask. Whatever he was feeling was probably mutual.
“My planet is filled with beautiful, vast oceans filled with a whole set of different species and biomes. On land, we have massive forests, lakes, rivers, animals, and people, lots of people. We have skyscrapers, and cars, and,” she looked down at herself, “malls to buy clothes and shoes...”
Talking about Earth made it seem far, far away, as if she was never going to see it again.
“When will we continue on to the outpost?” She raised her eyes to his and found that he’d stopped eating and was watching her intently.
“We are at the outpost.”
The piece of meat she’d been eating fell from her fingers.
“We are?” She glanced around the room. “So what now?”
“I have already sent the message to command.”
“When did you do that?”
“While you were sleeping,” he said.
“Oh.”
So that meant things were already in motion.
“So what now? How do we get back on the ship and what happens when we get there?”
Xul’s face seemed to harden. “We will set the bombs to blow up the ship.”
“Then?”
“Then we will escape to the Elysium.”
“Elysium. What’s that?”
“That’s the name of our base.”
A sliver of excitement ran through her. “And that’s where we’ll be able to send a message to Earth?”
Something crossed behind his eyes and he took a few seconds to answer.
“Yes.”
“I sense there’s something you’re not telling me.”
Xul raised an eyebrow slightly then bit into the meat in his hand.
“We are millions of light years away from your planet. The Isclit ship took a wormhole shortly after abducting your people. We are on the other side of the galaxy.”
Something inside of her fell but she wasn’t going to give up hope.
“So, you’re saying our message might never reach Earth.”
“No, your message will reach.” Xul blinked.
It took a few seconds for what he was trying to say to dawn on her.
“But we are so far away they might not be able to help us...” She trailed off, feeling a part of her die inside.
“I doubt it,” he answered.
“What about borrowing a ship and going through the wormhole?” Hope flared in her eyes.
Xul’s gaze sank. “The wormhole closed shortly after we came through it. According to the ship’s log, it only opens once in every twenty million of your Earth years.”
Well, that explained the saber-toothed tiger and the T-Rex that had been on board.
They visited Earth every now and again and stored whatever species they could find.
Suddenly, red hot anger coursed through her veins as tears stung at her eyes.
“You’re telling me I’m stranded here! Why did you tell me that I could send a message if you knew there was no chance of ever returning to Earth! Why did you give me hope?!”
He didn’t answer her for what felt like ages and she watched him fight with his emotions behind his eyes.
“Because, Athena,” he finally said. “You had nothing. Hope was all you had left.”
Her anger flared, as she slid off the zehmip skins and glared at him.
“Then why tell me now! What do I have now?!”
Xul’s gaze settled on hers with clarity.
“Now,” he said, “you have me.”
* * *
She was standing on top of the perimeter wall at one of the lookout spots, staring out into the desert. Her arms were folded across her chest, holding tight the zehmip coat that she’d draped around her soft body to hide herself.
Seeing her standing there now, defiance radiating through her bones, he felt a sense of pride he was sure was misplaced.
But it was there nonetheless, feeding something within him that made him damn well impressed with the little alien who’d crashed in his life so suddenly.
And he hadn’t been joking when he’d told her that she had him.
He felt a sense of...possessiveness for her that he didn’t know had been growing.
Below her, she paid no attention to the Mukkians who were chattering wildly and pointing up at her.
As he walked toward her, his muscles ached underneath his skin but the discomfort would ease long before the vessel arrived for them to head back to the Isclit’s ship.
Brushing past the Mukkians, he began climbing the ladder up the wall. From what he could hear, the little aliens were debating if they should climb the wall and get her to come down by force.
As he came to stand beside her, she didn’t acknowledge his presence.
Instead, she kept staring out into the desert.
On her face, dried tears decorated her cheeks, etched on her skin by the dry sand that was blowing in the air.
“This must be...hard for you.” He finally said.
Athena didn’t answer.
“Do you have...a loved one on Earth?”
Athena swallowed a sad chuckle.
“If you’re asking me if I have a boyfriend waiting for me at home, then no.” She glared at him. “That is not why I want to go back so badly.” She turned to look back out into the desert.
“Then why?”
Athena gulped, remaining silent for a few seconds. “Because I am alone.” She drew in a ragged breath. “You have no idea how that feels.”
Xul turned to stare out into the desert as well before replying. “I know exactly how it feels.”
Athena glanced at him, a slight frown on her forehead, as she waited for him to continue.
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��I am alone too.”
“Your planet is far away?”
“Yes.”
“Can you reach it?”
“Yes.”
Athena’s frown deepened so much she could feel it hurting her head. “Then that’s not exactly the same thing then, is it?”
Her mouth setting into a hard line, she made to turn back to stare into the distance when she felt herself being pulled towards him.
Xul had his arms around her, as he turned her to face him.
“I have a planet. But I have no home. I lost everything. Everything I cared about when the Isclit’s ravaged my planet for the High Tasqals. I have nothing there.”
The pain flooding his eyes made her swallow hard.
“I’m sorry,” Athena whispered, suddenly feeling selfish.
Everybody had demons following them...only hers was standing right next to her and she was attracted to him.
“Come with me,” Xul said, his eyes searching hers.
“Come with you?” Athena repeated.
“Come with me after the mission. We don’t have to be alone.”
Athena blinked, digesting his words as they repeated in her head.
The murmuring of the Mukkians grew louder and Xul looked down at them.
“They are telling me to take you off the wall by force,” he said. “You are too tall to be standing up here. You stand out.”
Athena rolled her eyes and looked down at the little aliens. Sure enough, they were all chattering and looking at her.
“So they aren’t concerned about you? You’re almost twice my size.”
Xul smiled a little. “They think I’m here to take you down,” he said, then added, “By force.”
“Oh really. And are you?”
Xul shrugged. “Not if you comply.”
“I’d like to see you try.” As soon as she said it, she wished she hadn’t as that same amused expression spread over his features.
In one smooth movement, he swept her off her feet and threw her over his shoulders.
“I can walk you know!”
“I know. But this gives me a much nicer view.”
Athena flushed, very aware that her rump was nestled by his head.
As he took her down the ladder, the Mukkians stopped murmuring and walked away. He was carrying her back to the cave when he stopped slowly and placed his hand over his ears, his face contorting as he set her down.
